Psalms 96:5

New Living Translation

The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,but the Lord made the heavens.

Hebrew Names Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

King James Version
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

English Standard Version
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

New Century Version
because all the gods of the nations are only idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

New English Translation
For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.

Amplified Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

New American Standard Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

World English Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For all the gods of the people are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.

Legacy Standard Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,But Yahweh made the heavens.

Berean Standard Bible
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

Contemporary English Version
Other nations worship idols, but the Lord created the heavens.

Complete Jewish Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Adonai made the heavens.

Darby Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

Easy-to-Read Version
All the "gods" in other nations are nothing but statues, but the Lord made the heavens.

George Lamsa Translation
For all the gods of the nations are idols; but the LORD made the heavens.

Good News Translation
The gods of all other nations are only idols, but the Lord created the heavens.

Lexham English Bible
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

Literal Translation
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for all ye goddes of the Heithe, they be but Idols, but it is the LORDE that made the heaues.

American Standard Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.

Bible in Basic English
For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought; but the LORD made the heavens.

King James Version (1611)
For all the gods of the nations are idoles: but the Lord made the heauens.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles: and it is God that made the heauens.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

English Revised Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For alle the goddis of hethene men ben feendis; but the Lord made heuenes.

Update Bible Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Yahweh made the heavens.

Webster's Bible Translation
For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

New King James Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

New Life Bible
For all the gods of the nations are false gods. But the Lord made the heavens.

New Revised Standard
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, all the gods of the peoples, are things of nought - But, Yahweh, made, the heavens.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(95-5) For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

Revised Standard Version
For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the LORD made the heavens.

Young's Literal Translation
For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.

Contextual Overview

¹ Sing a new song to the Lord ! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord ! ² Sing to the Lord ; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. ³ Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. ⁴ Great is the Lord ! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵ The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens! ⁶ Honor and majesty surround him; strength and beauty fill his sanctuary. ⁷ O nations of the world, recognize the Lord ; recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong. ⁸ Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts. ⁹ Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. Let all the earth tremble before him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For: Psalms 115:3-8, Psalms 135:15, Psalms 135:18, Isaiah 44:8-28, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Jeremiah 10:3-5, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 10:14, Jeremiah 10:15, Acts 19:26, 1 Corinthians 8:4

but: Psalms 115:15, Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 42:5, Jeremiah 10:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 25:15 - the gods Psalms 135:5 - I know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For all the gods of the nations are idols,.... Or are "nothings" o, nonentities; such as have not, and never had, any being, at least many of them, but in the fancies of men; and all of them such as have no divinity in them;

an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4,

but the Lord made the heavens; and all the hosts of them, the sun, moon, and stars; these are the curious workmanship of his fingers, and which declare his glory, and show him to be truly and properly God, who is to be feared and worshipped; see Hebrews 1:10.

o אלילים "nihila", Tigurine version, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all the gods of the nations are idols - All the gods worshipped by the people of other lands are mere “idols.” None of them can claim to have a real existence as gods. The word here rendered “idols” is translated by the Septuagint, δαιμόνια daimonia, “demons.” So the Latin Vulgate “daemonia.” The Hebrew word - אליל 'ĕlı̂yl - means properly “of nothing, nought, empty, vain.” See Job 13:4. The meaning here is, that they were mere nothings; they had no real existence; they were the creations of the imagination; they could not in any sense be regarded as what it was pretended they were; they had no claim to reverence and worship as gods. Of most of them it was a fact that they had no existence at all, but were mere creatures of fancy. Of those that did really exist, as the sun, moon, stars, animals, or the spirits of departed people, though it was true that they had an actual existence, yet it was also true that they had no existence “as gods,” or as entitled to worship; and hence, it was also true that the worship offered to them was as vain as that which was offered to mere beings of the imagination. This verse is extracted literally from 1 Chronicles 16:26. The Hebrew is the same.

But the Lord made the heavens - Yahweh created the heavenly hosts, and therefore he is the true God, and is entitled to worship. The power of “creation” - of causing anything to exist where there was nothing before - must pertain to God alone, and is the highest act of Divinity. No pretended pagan god has that power; no man has that power. The true God has reserved the exercise of that power to himself, and has never, in any instance, imparted it to a created being.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 96:5. All the gods of the nations are idols — אלהי elohey. All those reputed or worshipped as gods among the heathens are אלילים elilim, vanities, emptinesses, things of nought. Instead of being Elohim, they are elilim; they are not only not GOD, but they are nothing." "Jehovah made the heavens." He who is the creator is alone worthy of adoration.